but what can I do?

So, there are 143,000,000 orphans in the world. What can I do about it?

10 Ways YOU Can Care for Orphans

(This list was taken directly from the Hope for Orphans website. I figured they wouldn't mind...)

1. PRAY for them.

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. -Matthew 7:7-8

2. SUPPORT those who support them.

…and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds... -Hebrews 10:24

3. PROVIDE for their needs.

If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food…and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? -James 2:15-16

4. SPEAK up for them.

Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all the unfortunate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the rights of the afflicted and needy. -Proverbs 31:8-9

5. PROTECT them from harm.

The Lord protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, but He thwarts the way of the wicked. –Psalm 146:9

6. VISIT them where they are.

Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of God is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. -James 1:27 "

7. GIVE sacrificially to them.

Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. -2 Corinthians 9:7

8. ENCOURAGE them to press on.

We urge you brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone. –1 Thessalonians 5:14

9. ADOPT them into your family.

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God is His holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families… -Psalm: 68:5-6a

10. MOBILIZE your church for them.

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you. -Matthew 28:18-20